Natives recommended for Central Otago conditions

Coprosma rugosa Common Names: Rugose Coprosma, Shiny Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Copros...

Astelia chathamica Common Names: Silver Astelia, Chatham Island Flax Family: Asteliaceae Origin: New Zealand (endemic to the Chatham Islands) Plan...

Carpodetus serratus Common Names: Putaputāwētā, Marble Leaf, Seven-finger Family: Rousseaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Deciduous/ Semi-ever...

Coprosma ‘Greyii’ Common Names: Greyii Mirror Plant, Grey Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub / Groundcover...

Coprosma ‘Hāwera’ Common Names: Coprosma ‘Hāwera’ Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Coprosm...

Coprosma kirkii Common Names: Kirks Coprosma, Groundcover Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub / Groundcover...

Coprosma ‘Lobster’ Common Names: Lobster Coprosma, Red-Margined Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Sh...

Coprosma robusta Common Names: Karamu, Shiny Leaf Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (endemic) Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub / Small Tre...

Coprosma ‘Roy’s Red’ Common Names: Roy’s Red Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub Overview: Cop...

Coprosma rubra (Coprosma rubra) Common Names: Red Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: Endemic to New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen shrub Overview...

Coprosma 'Taiko' (Coprosma repens) Common Names: Mirror Plant, Taiko Coprosma Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub ...

Corokia 'Bronze Knight'  Common Names: Bronze Knight Wire Netting Bush, Corokia Bronze King Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant Type...

Corokia cotoneaster (Corokia cotoneaster) Common Names: Wire Netting Bush, Korokio Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: Native to New Zealand Plant Typ...

Corokia ‘Red Wonder’ Common Names: Red Wonder Corokia, Wire-netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Origin: New Zealand (cultivar) Plant Type: Evergre...

Corokia ‘Yellow Wonder’ (Corokia cotoneaster ‘Yellow Wonder’) Common Names: Yellow Wonder Corokia, Wire-netting Bush Family: Argophyllaceae Ori...

Griselinia littoralis (Kapuka / New Zealand Broadleaf) Plant Details Plant Name Common Names Family Origin Type Griselinia littorali...

Hebe (Veronica) salicifolia Overview A vigorous, large New Zealand native shrub with long willow-like leaves and abundant white to pale lilac flo...

Hebe (Veronica) ‘Wiri Image’ Overview A compact, upright evergreen shrub bred in Auckland and suited to New Zealand conditions. Hebe (Veronica) ‘...

Kōhūhū – Pittosporum tenuifolium (Pittosporum tenuifolium) Common Names: Kōhūhū, Black Matipo Family: Pittosporaceae Origin: Native to New Zealan...

Phormium 'Duet' (Phormium cookianum hybrid) Common Names: Duet Flax, Variegated New Zealand Flax Family: Asphodelaceae Origin: New Zealand Plant ...

Phormium tenax 'Purple' (Phormium tenax) Common Names: New Zealand Flax 'Purple', Purple Flax Family: Asphodelaceae Origin: Native to New Zealand...

Podocarpus acutifolius Overview A hardy New Zealand native conifer with fine, bronze-green foliage that gives a soft, feathery texture year-round...

Podocarpus totara (Podocarpus totara) Common Names: Totara, New Zealand Totara Family: Podocarpaceae Origin: Endemic to New Zealand Plant Type: E...